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NCLEX Nutrition

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1. What type of albumin levels will show malnutrtion?






2. What is the function of vitamin C?






3. When does BMR increase?






4. Name six sources of grains






5. If patient. is deficient with this vitamin - what foods will help scurvy or bleeding gums?






6. Protein stores show short term changes of which lab value






7. What problem may occur if vitamin K deficient?






8. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?






9. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this






10. What foods are good if patient. is vitamin A defecient and/or suffer from night blindness or xeropthalmia?






11. What type of patients are to utilize nutritional screening initiatives NSI?






12. How much more calories are needed for lactation?






13. What illness is a direct result of vitamin D deficiency?






14. Fats can lead to some medical problems






15. What clinical administration is used and checked by albumin - prealbumin - and transferrin and overall nutrtion?






16. How much grains are to be eaten per day?






17. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?






18. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?






19. Good overall indicator of nutritional status becaUse of long half life and maintain until malnutrtion occurs






20. These nutrients required for proper growth - development - body repair - fluid and electrolyte balance - produce enzymes - hormones and antibodies






21. What foods have high quality protein?






22. What is normal albumin levels?






23. If fat intake is insufficient then expect these medical problems






24. What orange vegetables are good to eat?






25. What color vegetables are to be consumed more of?






26. Promote normal metabolism - and prevent this nutrient from being used for energy






27. What lab value shows iron stores of visceral body protein?






28. How much fruit is to be eaten/day?






29. These cannot be synthesized by body and must be obtained by diet






30. Waist circumference correlates apple versus pear body type and reflects risk pattern for disease






31. If patient. has beriberi - or wernicke korsakoff syndrome what type of foods would be needed?






32. What is normal BMI?






33. What foods are needed for this deficiency of nutritional anemia - or neural tube defects?






34. How many calories/gram is protein?






35. What water soluble vitamins are easily excreted from body?






36. Food freqency questionnaire is used over this time period to track nutrients not consumed daily






37. What type of people need extra protein?






38. What function is vitamin A?






39. How much milk is to be consumed per day?






40. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram






41. How much vegetables are to be eaten per day?






42. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?






43. Where can you find good sources of vitamin E?






44. What is RDA of protein?






45. How much meat/beans should be eaten?






46. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?






47. If protein stores become depleted which can neagatively affect immune system of which lab value






48. What type of fat is to kept to an all time low for consumption?






49. If a patient. was riboflavin B2 deficient what foods are good sources of B2?






50. How long should a food record or journal is analyzed for nutrient content?